Orecchiette with peas and spinach

This is a perfect recipe for during your period as it contains lots of iron-rich greens and slow-release carbs. Orecchiette means “little ears” in Italian, as you can see from the shape.

30 min

240 Kcal

MED DIFFICULTY

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Ingredients

150ml white wine

2 cloves garlic, crushed

2 red chillies, deseeded and chopped

300g peas

150ml water

100g spinach, washed

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

440g orecchiette

2tbsp chopped fresh flat leaf parsley

Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling

Recipe

Put the wine, garlic and chillies into a large pan

Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer well until the volume has reduced by half

Add the peas to the pan with the water and simmer for 2 minutes

Add the spinach and stir quickly to wilt, then remove from the heat

Remove half the pea/spinach mix from the pan

Blitz in a blender

Return it to the pan and season well.

Add the pasta to a pan of boiling water and cook for 10-12 minutes

Drain.

Toss the pasta with the sauce, add the parsley and mix well. Season

Serve drizzled with olive oil

Good to know

Pasta will give you the carbohydrate fix you need in this phase. use whole grain pasta for higher nutritional content and longer lasting energy (the seeds of the grain are still intact, so the pasta is digested at a slower pace and releases energy more gradually).

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